Historians of the Western Theater Annual Conference

By Michael Shaffer · Originally published August 2018 · p. 39

Front row left to right: Tim Smith, Tom DeBlack, Jim Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. John Marszalek, Cathleen Weigley, Duffy Neubauer. Back row: me, Sam Elliott, Larry Daniels, U.S. Grant, Jan Ballard, Laurence Schiller, and James McDonough.

Recently, the Historians of the Western Theater held their annual conference at the U.S. Grant Presidential Library, located on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville.

Membership in the organization remains open to scholars with an active and productive record in research and publication related to the Civil War’s Western Theater. We encourage historians working in the aforementioned field to join our organization. Please visit http:// westerntheaterhistorians.org/ sections/Membership.html for details on becoming a member. We hope to see you for our 2019 conference in Chattanooga!